Pain Language

Muggs, DJ Muggs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gold Dust Media
• ASIN: B001CVMDD8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,615 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #55 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trip-Hop

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

As the producer for the overwhelming majority of Cypress Hill's music, DJ Muggs learned how to create, develop and refine a sound, not chase someone else's sound or success. "I came from a group, making whole albums," DJ Muggs says. "I never got into selling beats. Instead of selling beats to everybody, I made a Soul Assassins album and brought everybody into my world. To be able to go in and just be free creatively is fun."

Like DJ Muggs, Planet Asia is a visionary. Raised in Fresno, California, Planet Asia eschewed the gangster rap stylings popular in his area and instead focused on developing his skill as a supreme lyricist. His work with likeminded rapper Rasco as the Cali Agents made Planet Asia one of the best of the new generation of Left Coast rappers, a distinction given more credence given his string of critically acclaimed albums and his Grammy nomination for his work with rapper Mystic on the song "W."

Now, Planet Asia is relishing the opportunity to work with someone as accomplished and stylistically similar as DJ Muggs. "I'm with somebody that's actually made platinum records and has had a successful career and he's telling me to do it the real way, which is how I've always wanted to do it," Planet Asia says. "It's a blessing. You don't get these types of chances. You usually get with a big producer and he wants you to do what's hot at that moment. A lot of these producers, they change with the times. DJ Muggs changes the times. There's a difference."

Product Description

As Pain Language, DJ Muggs and Planet Asia have changed the times yet again, delivering a record ahead of its time, yet classic in sound, feel, execution and attitude. "It's a super highly-aggressive record," DJ Muggs says. "We're saying fuck you, we're not going to follow a format. It's just us putting up a middle finger up to everybody. We're coming from that N.W.A attitude. This is rebellious music."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars muggs in another planet, September 20, 2008

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R. Laryea "laryea" (knightdale,nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pain Language (Audio CD)

pure fire any hip hop fan go get this!! this is hip hop in its purest form!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Muggs is brilliant, February 15, 2009

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J. Pecorelli "Salmon 777" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pain Language (Audio CD)

Probably the most underrated producer working today, Muggs never fails to deliver noise that is haunting, beautiful, and gritty. He's worked with some of the biggest names in the business -- B Real, GZA, the dudes from Mobb Deep, Kurupt, on and on -- but I'm of the opinion that no MC has ever really done his music justice. Not to say he doesn't get brilliant performances from almost everyone he works with. Pick up anything by the man, seriously.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evokes the good ol' days of rugged Hip Hop, January 13, 2009

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eternal now "roejoerrer" (mankato) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pain Language (Audio CD)

From the very first moment of 'Pain Language', I knew I was in for a treat. Evoking feelings in me that have long since been dormant (since the nostalgic days of 'Enter the Wu'), 'Pain Language' feels like it should have been released in the 90s, yet it just came out in 2008! Chalk that up to DJ Muggs and his insane production, I guess. His old school Cypress Hill/old era Wu-Tang Clan style beats are straight out of the 1990s era of Hip Hop, with odd guitar loops, rugged beats and strange vocal samples. The production is mad tight!

As for the vocals, Planet Asia is an amazing MC, and has no problem holding it down over Mugg's production.

This is a true Hip Hop Classic, and highly recommended to all true Hip Hop heads, and those who have felt that recent Hip Hop pales in comparison to the greatness of the 90s.